Previously unheard and unseen in Assam politics, Himanta Biswa Sarma took an objective approach to draw a much-needed distinction between Bengali Hindu refugees (who migrated to the Indian State to flee persecution) and Bengali Muslim infiltrators (who came to Assam for economic opportunities).
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Along with Sanskrit, the newly added 24 languages include other Indian languages such as Assamese, Maithili, Konkani, Mizo, Dogri, Meiteilon which is Manipuri, and Bhojpuri.
“Our religion and names may be the same but the indigenous Muslims have a distinct identity, given by the Ahom and Koch kings,” says Aowal while talking about distinguishing themselves from the migrant Miya population